On 8/27/23 22:22, Ralph Ronnquist wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 09:08:13AM -0400, Ken Dibble wrote:
>> kdibble@thinkstation:~$ uname -a
>> Linux thinkstation 5.10.0-25-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.191-1 (2023-08-16) x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> kdibble@thinkstation:~$ cat /etc/issue
>> Devuan GNU/Linux 4 \n \l
>>

>> kdibble@thinkstation:~$ ls -l / | grep tmp
>> drwxrwxrwt  10 root    root         4096 Aug 27 08:59 tmp
>> kdibble@thinkstation:~$

>>
>>
>> ca-certificates-java/oldstable-updates 20190909+deb11u1 all [upgradable from: 20190909]
>>
>> won't install if /tmp is not on its' own partition (can't be remounted)
>>
>>
>> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
>> Get:1 http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-updates/main amd64 ca-certificates-java all 20190909+deb11u1 [15.9 kB]
>> Fetched 15.9 kB in 4s (3,856 B/s)
>> mount: /tmp: mount point not mounted or bad option.
>> E: Problem executing scripts DPkg::Pre-Invoke 'mount -o remount,exec /tmp'
>> E: Sub-process returned an error code
> Which "installer" are you talking about?
>
> This appears to be either an issue with the particular package. It
> does seem odd that the pre-invoke of a package tries to remount /tmp.
>
> You should send submit a bug report, which would be an email to
> <submit@???> with the first 2 body lines being:
> ----
> Package: ca-certificates-java
> Version: 20190909+deb11u1
> ----
>
> Other than that, you fill up the email with useful information, like
> that you've posted here.
>
> regards,
>
> Ralph.
>
>> Regards,
>> Ken
>>
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Thanks, my choice of incorrect language.  I should have said package.  I
was trying to express 'installation of package fails'.


Thank you for your time.


Regards,

Ken